My BASIC guide to beating each level ($30/50/100/200's)

[AA suited]

30+3:
1) Stay tight
2) If under 10BB, push/steal to survive if it's +EV (ie: use ICM).
3) Do not get fancy: No pvs, no impetus, no stop n go, etc. They will call.

50+5:
Same, except use fancy plays (albeit sparingly). Also, need some ability to play post flop, since you start off with 25% more chips than 30+3.

100+9:
- Same as 50+5, but also need reads, and recognize situations where there free chips for you to scoop up.
- Blinds also call min raises and 2.5BB raises alot more.

200+15:
Play like Gigabet=> Fancy plays galore. It's not what cards you have, it's what you're representing. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Any other generalizations?

[freemoney]

i havent played the 50s really but i think the 109s and 215s play more alike then 109s and 55s would, but that is just a guess on real limited experience at 55s.

[Karak567]

I think the people at the 30 + 3s are only slightly better than the people at the 5 + 1s, so yeah I think your 33 strategy is right on.

[FieryJustice]

I play $215's like your $33's.

[Messy_Jesse]

You either haven't played the 5s, or havent played the 33s enough: they defitely don't play the same-- Iguarauntee that not a single poster will agree with you...

[Iamafish]

anything under 33 is a waist of time.

[HoldingFolding]

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anything under 33 is a waist of time.

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Yep, I've had a belly of them.

[HonestIago15]

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anything under 33 is a waist of time.

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Heh, some of us have tuition to pay

[embersonfire]

It's still possible to make a profit playing <30+3's, so I don't see why they're a waste of time if your not willing to risk 30+3 per game, and trying to walk before you can run.

[Mr_J]

"anything under 33 is a waist of time."

$33s are a waste of time...